Midi; About Midi; Midi Channels; Midi In And Out And Thru Ports - Kurzweil MPG200 User Manual

Chapter 11

MIDI

About MIDI

MIDI is the acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It is the industry standard protocol which allows the
exchange of musical data between electronic musical instruments, devices (such as a sequencer), and comput-
ers. MIDI enables MIDI-equipped devices designed by different manufacturers to communicate MIDI data to each
other.
MIDI data is sent or received using standard MIDI cables to connect to other MIDI devices or a USB cable to con-
nect to a computer. The MPG200 is equipped with conventional MIDI In, Out and Thru ports, and a USB port. The
current line of Kurzweil products have a standard class-compliant USB-MIDI implementation. They do not require
the installation of any additional drivers.

MIDI Channels

Similar to television channels, MIDI protocol transmits multiple channels of MIDI performance data. Typical MIDI
instruments can play up to 16 channels at the same time. Each channel can be assigned its own voice.
To change and/or assign MIDI channels, enter Function Mode and select the MIDI Channel parameter. See the
MIDI Implementation chart at the end of this chapter for details..

MIDI In and Out and Thru Ports

The MPG200 is equipped with the conventional MIDI In, Out and Thru ports. The MIDI In port is used to
receive MIDI data from another MIDI device; the MIDI Out port is used to transmit the MIDI data generated by
the MPG200 to another MIDI device; the MIDI Thru port passes MIDI In data along to an external device.
When you connect the MIDI Out of the MPG200 to the MIDI In of another instrument, you can play the sounds
of both instruments simultaneously from the MPG200's keyboard.
When you connect the MIDI In of the MPG200 to the MIDI Out of another controller, you can control the MPG200
using the other controller.
Depending on your system setup, you may want to use the MPG200's MIDI Thru port to pass MIDI information
from a MIDI controller or computer sequencer to the MPG200 and on to the next device in your system.
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